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AI, Software & Cloud Architect

Jose Quesada

I lead the architecture of AI-native and agentic systems, and of the cloud, software, and security platforms they depend on.

SWAT Team Manager at SOIN, leading the team behind the company's most complex initiatives across AI, cloud and infrastructure, architecture, modernization, and innovation — from new agent platforms to production-critical systems.

Building enterprise systems since 2015Costa Rica

  • Agentic AI
  • AI-Native Engineering
  • Cloud & Kubernetes
  • Software Architecture
  • Security
  • Technical Leadership

Core expertise

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AI & Agentic Systems
Architecture for production AI: agent runtimes, retrieval, model routing, tools, memory, gateways, evaluation, and the enterprise systems they connect to.
AI-Native Software Engineering
Redesigning the software delivery lifecycle around coding agents, specifications, automated verification, and human judgment.
Cloud & Platform Engineering
Cloud and infrastructure architecture across AWS, OCI, and Azure: Kubernetes, gateways, networking, observability, and infrastructure as code.
Engineering Leadership
Leading complex technical initiatives, setting architectural direction, developing engineers, and turning experimentation into repeatable engineering practice.

Selected work

  • An agent platform for enterprise systems

    A shared platform for building and operating enterprise AI agents, with provider abstraction, governed tool access, tenant isolation, secure credentials, and end-to-end observability.

  • A platform that generates applications from specifications

    AI code generation for enterprise delivery, built around a knowledge repository, deterministic generation, reviewable plans, and human judgment.

  • A mobile app that turns speech into structured data

    A cross-platform field app where the primary input is a person talking, and an AI service behind it turns what they said into validated, structured records.

Current focus

  • AI & agentic systems

    Designing enterprise agent platforms, RAG systems, tool architectures, and multi-model runtimes that integrate with existing business systems. MCP is settling into that picture; A2A I am watching closely.

  • AI-native software engineering

    Redesigning how software is specified, built, reviewed, tested, and modernized when coding agents join the engineering workflow.

  • Cloud & infrastructure

    Building the cloud and platform layers behind modern AI systems: Kubernetes, gateways, infrastructure as code, observability, networking, and multi-cloud architecture.

  • Engineering leadership & innovation

    Leading SWAT, turning emerging technologies into repeatable engineering capability, and guiding teams through high-complexity technical work.

  • Security & AI governance

    Designing identity, credential boundaries, tenant isolation, guardrails, auditability, and human control into AI systems from the beginning.

  • Software architecture & modernization

    Modernizing complex enterprise systems and integration-heavy platforms while preserving the business behavior, reliability, and operational control they already provide.

Featured credentials

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  • Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect

    Microsoft

  • Machine Learning Engineer – Associate

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Azure AI Engineer Associate

    Microsoft

  • DevOps Engineer – Professional

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Security – Specialty

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • DevOps Engineer Expert

    Microsoft

  • Power Platform Solution Architect Expert

    Microsoft

  • Developer – Associate

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Writing

  • August 30, 2026

    From Software Engineering to AI-Native Engineering

    AI did not make software engineering faster. It moved the bottleneck from writing code to deciding whether the code is correct — and I found that out by pointing an agent at my own site.

Beyond the work

I live in Costa Rica and I am a solo parent to two kids, nine and seven. Most of my time outside work belongs to them: hiking, zip-lining, horseback riding, whatever adventure comes next. I play golf and soccer, study Japanese, travel whenever I can, and watch a lot of anime. Tensura is the easy favorite.

Beyond the work

Jose and his children at a Costa Rica national team match, all in red home shirts
Jose and his two children in life jackets alongside two dolphins
Jose outside a ramen shop in Japan, under the noren curtains
Jose and his father beside the second tee at Pinehurst No. 2
Jose crouched between his two children in front of a rainforest waterfall
Jose in a straw hat and sunglasses in the shade at the beach
Jose and his two children in helmets and climbing harnesses before a zip line run
Jose sitting on stone steps beside a red bridge in a Japanese cedar forest
Jose on a hiking trail at the foot of a tall rainforest waterfall
Jose on the beach with palm trees behind him